Rated XX-Leona-Pink: Incoming!

The next few months look set to be quite juicy as far as album anticipation goes. We've got a new one from naughty super tart P!nk, the new XX album which is destined to be mesmerising and the sickeningly overdue album by the one Xfactor winner who actually blows doors open with her voice (true story), good ol' Leona Lewis. Let's have a look:


The XX - Coexist
They didn't get really big till post Mercury Prize shenanigans, but this band is pretty special either way. Ethereal synths hovered and hopped about on XX, a pop album like no other in our time. Now having heard a track called 'Chained', which stays true to the sound of their debut, and another gorgeous song called 'Angels' on which Romy's voice is so delicious I want to fucking eat it, I am fully primed for action. Bring it!
Released 10 September

Leona Lewis - Glassheart

This album has royally pissed me and thousands of others off. It's coming out/it's not coming out/it's coming out again/it's not/is/not/is... and so forth. Thankfully the farce is over and there's only another month or so to wait till we have the finished product in our hands. I expect great things (whether my expectations meet reality remains to be seen) from this, particularly after the pleasant 'Collide' and the new single 'Trouble', which is pretty bloody epic. Let's just keep every inch of ourselves crossed that this isn't the same pop-cock up that Echo was.

Released 15 October (how coincidental that the Xfactor live shows will be in full swing... cheeky!)

P!nk - The Truth About Love

It's been a wee while since P!nk graced us with her silly exclamation mark name. I've missed her. New single 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' is a brilliant and incredibly infectious popper with some standard P!nk sounding production and the usual charismatic vocals. I wasn't a big fan of Funhouse so let's hope the new one brings us back the immensity of I'm Not Dead.

Released 17 September